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The IDF announces the death of a reserve soldier in an “operational accident” in southern Lebanon last night. He is named as Master Sgt. (res.) Basil Sweid, 32, a truck driver in the 7th Armored Brigade’s 75th Battalion, from Peki’in. Stay up to date with The Times of Israel

4/ Israeli and Hezbollah attacks have largely paused since June 20, but Israeli forces continue clearing operations within the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) “security zone” in southern Lebanon.

Buried beneath a hilltop village in southern Lebanon, just kilometers from the Israeli border, the Hezbollah terror group built an underground drone “airbase” from which it launched Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles at Israel. Read more on The Times of Israel.

Staff Sgt. Yoav Klein, 21, of the 401st Armored Brigade’s 52nd Battalion, from Herzliya, is identified by the military as one of the four soldiers killed in a Hezbollah attack on a tank in southern Lebanon early Friday morning. Read more on The Times of Israel

An IDF soldier was killed, and 13 others were injured in an overnight Hezbollah attack on troops in southern Lebanon, the military announces. The slain soldier is named as Sgt. First Class Nir Ben Ari, 21, of the Commando Brigade’s Maglan unit, from Kerem Maharal. Read more on The Times of Israel

Israeli forces carry out an incursion into southern #Quneitra countryside, southern #Syria, accompanied by drone activity over the area as Israeli operations continue to intensify. #Israel https://npasyria.com/en/138508/

2/ The Israel Defense Forces has continued operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, despite Iranian insistence that Israel must halt its campaign in Lebanon as part of the MoU.